1 .. _vpp_performance_tests_release_notes:
6 Changes in |csit-release|
7 -------------------------
9 #. VPP PERFORMANCE TESTS
11 - **Added new performance testbed 3n-snr** (3 Node SnowRidge, with Intel
14 - **Added GTPU HW offload tests** using VPP GTPU hardware offload
15 with Intel e810 4p25ge NICs (3n-icx testbeds only). These tests
16 were already there in CSIT-2206, but were yielding invalid
17 results due to using TRex v2.97 that was incompatible with e810
18 NICs used for those tests.
20 - **Added Wireguard tests** using VPP software crypto (3n-icx, 3n-snr
21 testbeds) and using built-in hardware crypto QAT device (3n-snr testbed
24 - **Reduction of tests**: Removed certain test variations executed
25 iteratively for the report (as well as in daily and weekly
26 trending) due to physical testbeds overload.
30 - CSIT-2210 executes all VPP v22.10 performance tests using vpp ubuntu2204
31 images, due to CSIT execution environment change as noted below. This
32 applies to all performance testbeds except Denverton. Consequently, VPP
33 v22.06 has not been re-tested in CSIT-2210 environment, as no ubuntu204
34 images are available for that VPP version. Performance comparison
35 between VPP v22.10 (current version) vs VPP v22.06 (previous version)
36 may be impacted by VPP build environment change (ubuntu2004 to ubuntu
37 2204) change and CSIT environment change. See :ref:`vpp_rca` for
40 - **CSIT test environment** version has been updated to ver. 11, see
41 :ref:`test_environment_versioning`.
43 - **TCP TPUT profiles** had to be changed, as newer TRex versions
44 are not deterministic enough when deciding when to send an ACK.
46 - **CSIT PAPI support**: Due to issues with PAPI performance, and
47 deprecation of VAT, VPP CLI is used in CSIT for many VPP scale
48 tests. See :ref:`vpp_known_issues`.
50 - **General Code Housekeeping**: Ongoing code optimizations and bug
53 #. PRESENTATION AND ANALYTICS LAYER
55 - **C-Dash** `performance dashboard <http://csit.fd.io/>`_ got updated UI and
56 updated backend increasing its performance and robustness.
70 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
71 | # | JiraID | Issue Description |
72 +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
73 | 1 | `CSIT-1864 | 2n-clx: half of the packets lost on PDR tests. |
74 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1864>`_ | |
75 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
76 | 2 | `CSIT-1868 | 2n-clx: ALL ldpreload-nginx tests fails when trying to start nginx. |
77 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1868>`_ | |
78 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
79 | 3 | `CSIT-1871 | 3n-snr: 25GE interface between SUT and TG/TRex goes down randomly. |
80 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1871>`_ | |
81 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
82 | 4 | `CSIT-1877 | 3n-alt, 3n-tsh: VM tests failing to boot VM. |
83 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1877>`_ | |
84 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
85 | 5 | `CSIT-1883 | 3n-snr: All hwasync wireguard tests failing when trying to verify device. |
86 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1883>`_ | |
87 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
88 | 6 | `CSIT-1884 | 2n-clx, 2n-icx: All NAT44DET NDR PDR IMIX over 1M sessions BIDIR tests failing to create enough sessions. |
89 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1884>`_ | |
90 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
91 | 7 | `CSIT-1885 | 3n-icx: 9000b ip4 ip6 l2 NDRPDR AVF tests are failing to forward traffic. |
92 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1885>`_ | |
93 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
94 | 8 | `CSIT-1886 | 3n-icx: Wireguard tests with 100 and more tunnels are failing PDR criteria. |
95 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1886>`_ | |
96 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
101 Issues reported in previous releases which still affect the current results.
103 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
104 | # | JiraID | Issue Description |
105 +====+=========================================+===========================================================================================================+
106 | 1 | `CSIT-1782 | Multicore AVF tests are failing when trying to create interface. |
107 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1782>`_ | Frequency is reduced by CSIT workaround, but occasional failures do still happen. |
108 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
109 | 2 | `CSIT-1785 | NAT44ED tests failing to establish all TCP sessions. |
110 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1785>`_ | At least for max scale, in allotted time (limited by session 500s timeout) due to worse |
111 | +-----------------------------------------+ slow path performance than previously measured and calibrated for. |
112 | | `VPP-1972 | CSIT removed the max scale NAT tests to avoid this issue. |
113 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1972>`_ | |
114 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
115 | 3 | `CSIT-1799 | All NAT44-ED 16M sessions CPS scale tests fail while setting NAT44 address range. |
116 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1799>`_ | |
117 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
118 | 4 | `CSIT-1800 | All Geneve L3 mode scale tests (1024 tunnels) are failing. |
119 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1800>`_ | |
120 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
121 | 5 | `CSIT-1801 | 9000B payload frames not forwarded over tunnels due to violating supported Max Frame Size (VxLAN, LISP, |
122 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1801>`_ | SRv6). |
123 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
124 | 6 | `CSIT-1802 | AF-XDP - NDR tests failing from time to time. |
125 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1802>`_ | |
126 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
127 | 7 | `CSIT-1804 | All testbeds: NDR tests failing from time to time. |
128 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1804>`_ | |
129 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
130 | 8 | `CSIT-1808 | All tests with 9000B payload frames not forwarded over memif interfaces. |
131 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1808>`_ | |
132 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
133 | 9 | `CSIT-1827 | 3n-icx, 3n-skx: all AVF crypto tests sporadically fail. 1518B with no traffic, IMIX with excessive |
134 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1827>`_ | packet loss. |
135 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
136 | 10 | `CSIT-1835 | 3n-icx: QUIC vppecho BPS tests failing on timeout when checking hoststack finished. |
137 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1835>`_ | |
138 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
139 | 11 | `CSIT-1849 | 2n-skx, 2n-clx, 2n-icx: UDP 16m TPUT tests fail to create all sessions. |
140 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1849>`_ | |
141 +----+-----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
146 Issues reported in previous releases which were fixed in this release:
148 +----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
149 | # | JiraID | Issue Description |
150 +====+=========================================+=========================================================================================================+
151 | 1 | `CSIT-1671 | All CSIT scale tests can not use PAPI due to much slower performance compared to VAT/CLI (it takes much |
152 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1671>`_ | longer to program VPP). This needs to be addressed on the PAPI side. |
153 | +-----------------------------------------+ Currently, the time critical code uses VAT running large files with exec statements and CLI commands. |
154 | | `VPP-1763 | Still, we needed to reduce the number of scale tests run to keep overall duration reasonable. |
155 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/VPP-1763>`_ | More improvements needed to achieve sufficient configuration speed. |
156 +----+-----------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
160 Root Cause Analysis for Performance Changes
161 -------------------------------------------
163 List of RCAs in |csit-release| for VPP performance changes:
165 +----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
166 | # | JiraID | Issue Description |
167 +====+=========================================+====================================================================+
168 | 1 | `CSIT-1887 | rls2210 RCA: ASTF tests |
169 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1887>`_ | TRex upgrade decreased TRex performance. NAT results not affected, |
170 | | | except on Denverton due to interference from VPP-2010. |
171 +----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
172 | 2 | `CSIT-1888 | rls2210 RCA: testbed differences, especially for ipsec |
173 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1888>`_ | Not caused by VPP code nor CSIT code. |
174 | | | Most probable cause is clang-14 behavior. |
175 +----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
176 | 3 | `CSIT-1889 | rls2210 RCA: policy-outbound-nocrypto |
177 | | <https://jira.fd.io/browse/CSIT-1889>`_ | When VPP added spd fast path matching (Gerrit 36097), |
178 | | | it decreased MRR of the corresponding tests, at least on 3-alt. |
179 +----+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+